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The rules of KTron are very simple. Once a round is started, the player donīt stop moving forward. All you have to do is avoid crashing by changing the direction. Additionaly you can try to hinder your opponent. For this it is possible to accelerate the velocity by pressing your accelerator key.
A round starts when all human players press a direction key. The initial moving direction is then this direction.
A game consists of several rounds and ends, if a player has at least nine points and additionaly two more points than the opponent. The current score is always displayed in the statusbar.
You can let the computer play player one, player two or both players. There are three difficulty levels: Beginner, Average and Expert. If you choose Beginner, the computer doesnīt care about the opponent and just moves around. This is the same algorithm as used by xtron-1.1 . At skill Average and Expert the computer tries to hinder the opponent when he comes near.
See section Configuration for information how to configure the computerplayer.
Every player has five keys. Four keys for changing the direction and one to accelerate. You donīt have to press the direction keys all the time. Just press once, if you want to change the direction of your player. Acceleration is only activated, if the acceleration key is pressed. When you release the acceleration key, the velocity slows down to normal.
See section Key Bindings for information how to change the keys.
If you want to interrupt playing, select "Pause/Continue" from the "Game"-menu or hit the keyboard shortcut (see section Key Bindings ). Additionaly the game is paused when the game looses the keyboard focus, e.g. when switching to an other window.
If you want to continue the game, use again the menuentry "Pause/Continue" or the keyboard shortcut. If all human players press one of their direction keys, the game continues, too. But be careful, your player switches to this direction immediately.
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